Last week I noted that section 96(6) of the Medicines Act 1968 required marketing authorization holders to publish information about their medicinal products in data sheets, whose form and contents […]
Year: 2018
Unreported clinical trial of the week: Study of indomethacin capsules to treat pain following surgery in children (NCT02633969)
Georgia Richards, Nick Devito, and Ben Goldacre Background The US FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA 2007) requires certain clinical trials to report their results onto ClinicalTrials.gov within one year of completion. European […]
Mark Taubert: Yes, doctors need to talk about dying, but what if patients started that conversation?
A recent report called on doctors to initiate conversations about dying earlier on in a patient’s illness trajectory. Mark Taubert describes how patients are key to improving this […]
Alma Ata, Astana and beyond—patients and communities as the core of universal primary healthcare
Anya de Iongh, Sarah Markham, and Rakhal Gaitonde As the 40 year anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care arrives, it prompts a range of reflections, on […]
Greta McLachlan: Please put your oxygen mask on first before helping others
If we don’t look after ourselves then we will be no good at looking after our patients, says Greta McLachlan […]
Edward Ridyard: Charging for hospital car parking risks demoralising the NHS workforce
The NHS is run on goodwill, yet unfair car parking charges show a thorough disregard for staff […]
Richard Smith: The hegemony of “health people”
While the NHS is promised another £20 billion (which is still not enough, “health people” say), I listen every day on the radio to teachers, police, prison officers, social workers, […]
Alex Nowbar’s research reviews—22 October 2018
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Samir Dawlatly: Advancing healthcare—less self-improvement, more system development
Healthcare systems are notoriously bad at embracing innovative change. The reasons for this are many, complex, and ultimately frustrating for those trying to bring about change—even those who don’t stand […]
Richard Smith: Managing hypertension in low and middle income countries—the Sri Lanka story
A billion people in the world have hypertension, and without intervention it will be 1.5 billion by 2025. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that hypertension is the major global […]